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I can't find my original post, but thought I'd leave an update. Originally told I had breast cancer in June 2025, confirmed through biopsy in October 2025 (long story) they also noted that suspicious lymph nodes when doing the ultrasound in October...
Hi folks I'm a young 55 year old who was diagnosed with breast cancer 3 years ago. So far I have been managing on anastrozole and have now moved to fulvestrant injections along with abemaciclib. Throughout, I have been very much of the 'I'm not letting...
I’m 30 years old and have just been diagnosed with breast cancer - waiting to hear the results from my staging scan (still one week away) and to see what type of cancer I have. I first found a lump almost a year ago but after having a fibroadenoma in...
I have just finished my 6 cycles of chemotherapy for triple positive, stage 1 breast cancer, and the next step for me is surgery (lumpectomy). I have been told that my surgery will take place in mid-March, which will make it 6 weeks from the end of...
Afternoon all. I start chemo on Thursday following a right side mastectomy, stage 3, in December and then in January pathology showed cancer cells found on lymph nodes. Oesrogenen positive HER negative. I will be having infusion every fortnight with injections...
Hi I’m really not sure if I’m in the right place, my mum had kidney cancer 4 years ago and then had breast cancer 2 years ago with her having a double mastectomy, on her yearly kidney scan they have picked up a mass in her lymph nodes and we got the results...
I was diagnosed with breast cancer on 5th Dec I was told that I had caught it early and it was curable grade 1 slow growing cancer my treatment plan was radiotherapy, tamoxifen and possible chemo, I would told I needed a lumpectomy and another biopsy...
Hi All New to this group, but not new to Breast Cancer. This is my 2nd round of it. I have been cancer free for 15 years. But recent Mammogram detected a small cancer opposite breast. Grade 1 and very treatable. My previous cancer was also good...
Hi everyone ive been on letrazole and ribo for a month now and struggling with side effects like really bad headaches body pain and sickness is anyone else having any side effects and how they are dealing with it all any advice would be really helpful...
Hi i went through 5 months of chemotherapy and lost most of my hair, but it has finally come back although slow growing. I'm starting on letrazole and zoladex injections and am worried about the side effects. What has people's experience been with hair...
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